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Giant marine life found in Antarctica

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Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish.

A 2,000-mile journey through the Ross Sea that ended Thursday has also potentially turned up several new species, including as many as eight new molluscs.

It's "exciting when you come across a new species," said Chris Jones, a fisheries scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "All the fish people go nuts about that — but you have to take it with a grain of salt."

The finds must still be reviewed by experts to determine if they are in fact new, said Stu Hanchet, a fisheries scientist at New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
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6 responses // Giant marine life found in Antarctica

  • http://www.hollywoodstandups.com/images/patrickStarLook...
    It's Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants!
    phillyharper
  • Well, we should start taking bets on how long it'll take for humans to hunt these new species to death/kill thier natural habitat through global warming. I'll give them 25 more years... They seem pretty hardy creatures.
    lifestudentno83
  • The arctic truly is the most bountiful area of the sea. Let's hope that it isn't fished to extinction.
    ocanada
  • Don't them there critters look right at home in the hands of them humans?
    huntre
  • Wow! Life just keeps showing how amazing it can be! Lifestudentno83, let's not jump all over the soapbox needlessly.
    SamuraiDave
  • It's no coincidence that human exploration of oceanic habitats has brought the extinction of many sea creatures. I just hope that discovery of this new aquatic life is not marred by it's extinction a few decades from now.
    lifestudentno83

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